Peoples of Middle Earth: 12 (History of Middle-Earth) - Hardcover

Tolkien, J. R. R.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0395827604 ISBN 13: 9780395827604

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin (Trade), 1996

Synopsis

Throughout his vast and intricate mythology, says Publishers Weekly, "one marvels anew at the depth, breadth, and persistence of J.R.R. Tolkien's labor". In this, the final volume of the history of Middle-earth, a series of Tolkien's early essays shows that the author's fertile imagination was at work on Middle-earth's Second and Third Ages long before he explored them in the The Lord of the Rings.

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From the Back Cover:

When in 1937 J. R. R. Tolkien laid aside The Silmarillion, the extension of his original mythology into later Ages of the world had scarcely emerged. Tolkien himself noted that he knew nothing of the peoples and history of these Ages until he "met them on the way". It was in the appendices to The Lord of the Rings that there emerged a comprehensive historical structure and chronology of the Second and Third Ages, embracing all the diverse strands that came together in The War of the Ring. Tolkien's difficulty - bordering on despair - in providing these appendices, leading to delay in the publication of The Return of the King, is well known. In The Peoples of Middle-earth, however, Christopher Tolkien shows that the work had in fact been achieved years before, in essays and records differing greatly from the published forms. A number of other writings by J. R. R. Tolkien are also included in this book; they derive chiefly from his last years, when new insights and constructions freely arose as he pondered the history that he had created.

About the Author:

J.R.R. TOLKIEN (1892-1973) is the creator of Middle-earth and author of such classic and extraordinary works of fiction as The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion. His books have been translated into more than fifty languages and have sold many millions of copies worldwide.

About this edition

• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin (Trade)
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0395827604
• ISBN 13: 9780395827604
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 482